[Federal Register: March 10, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 46)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-05BK]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call (404) 371-5976
or send comments to Sandi Gambescia, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery (OMB No. 0920-0334)--
Reinstatement--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery (NSAS) was previously
conducted by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics from 1994
through 1996. It is the principal source of data on ambulatory surgery
center (ASC) services in the United States. It complements surgery data
obtained in the NCHS National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) OMB No.
0920-0212, which provides annual data concerning the nation's use of
inpatient medical and surgical care provided in short-stay, non-Federal
hospitals. The NSAS is a national probability sample survey of
ambulatory surgery visits in hospitals and freestanding ambulatory
surgery centers. It has been the benchmark against which special
programmatic data sources are compared.
Data for the NSAS will be collected annually beginning in 2006 from
a nationally representative sample of hospitals and freestanding
ambulatory surgery centers. The hospital universe includes
noninstitutional hospitals exclusive of Federal, military, and
Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals located in the 50 States and
the District of Columbia. The universe of freestanding facilities
includes the freestanding ambulatory surgery centers licensed by states
and/or certified as ambulatory surgery centers for Medicare
reimbursement. As in the earlier survey, facilities specializing in
dentistry, podiatry, abortion, family planning or birthing will be
excluded. As with previous years, the data items which are abstracted
from medical records are the basic core variables from the Uniform
Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) as well as surgery times, total
charges and information on anesthesia. There are no costs to
respondents except for their time to participate in the survey.
Annualized Burden Table:
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Number of Avg. burden/
Respondents Number of responses/ response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hrs.) hours
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Induction\1\.................................... 227 1 90/60 340.5
Out-of-scope verification....................... 150 1 4/60 10
Sample Listing Sheet:
ASC Personnel............................... 224 12 30/60 1,344
Census Personnel............................ 264 12 0 0
Medical Abstract:
ASC Personnel............................... 324 250 12/60 16,200
Census Personnel............................ 164 250 2/60 1,367
Annual Update................................... 488 1 5/60 41
Quality Control................................. 245 20 2/60 163
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\1\ The induction of 600 facilities takes place in the first year and 40 each in subsequent years but is
averaged over 3 years.
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Dated: March 1, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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